Oh Lordy, I now own a Fordy (a Lincoln actually)..

[Tracker1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ronebee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">pretty great that you have this car. I have my Grandfathers 64 Corvette Coupe that he bought new in '64. That lincoln is badass..... </div></div>

That's pretty cool. You should do a Member's Rides story on that '64 - love to hear about it.

Man, a family could live in that Lincoln Steve

[njsteve]

I need to get one of the unique A/C hoses rebuilt for my Grandfather's 1971 Lincoln Continental. The hose was rubbing against the master cylinder, and wore a hole in the rubber section of the hose. These cars were unique in that they used a GM A6 compressor and the complete Frigedaire A/C setup just like any 1970's GM car. No one makes the replacement hoses for them.

Does anyone out there recommend a specific shop that can replace the rubber hose section and reattach the ends (or replace them)?

Thanks.

[firstgenaddict]

If their crimp is exactly the same as original let the GM guys know, as this was the issue the person on the Camaro Research board faced when he ultimately decided to modify a set of current dies to produce the identical crimp on the production line installed assembly.

[TimG]

What a great story, I so wish I had one of my Grandfathers old Cadillac's for the garage. Amazing pictures and he sounds like an amazing man. Thank you for sharing.

[njsteve]

Thanks to Enio45, who sent me the bulk section of hood insulation he found, I was able to reproduce the original insulation sections for the hood on Grampa's Lincoln. Hopefully the mice won't like this stuff as much as the old stuff they chewed up while it sat in my Dad's garage for a few decades. I'm glad I saved the old pieces to use as patterns.

The whole process only took about a half hour (minuse the several times I had to chase the stuff across the driveway when a gust of wind came through). [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbthrea...d-id#Post671822

[DW31S]

Great story Steve and cool car. While our interests mainly focus on muscle cars, I think (I know I do) most of us appreciate any nice car, especially one with a story like Simon's attached to it. I have a friend who names my cars by the first name of the previous owner.......that Lincoln will forever be &quot;Simon&quot;. Congrats on the save. That service manager should be appalled and embarrassed for THINKING, let alone SAYING that to Simon. The dealership principal should be notified and the story explained in its entirety. Oh yea, one more thing......we're watching &quot;Killing Lincoln&quot; right now.....coincidence???

[njsteve]

LOL. I cannot imagine how anyone back in the day thought that driving one of these behemoths was in any way relaxing.

It is truly frightening to have negative road feel or for that matter, any idea where you are in your lane or when the steering might actually start...er...steering.


If I were an advertisiing executive back in the day, I would have phrased it this way:
<span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-style: italic">
<span style="font-weight: bold">The 1971 Lincoln Continental: the automotive equivalent of Botox.</span></span></span>

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[Xplantdad]

LOL!!

[njsteve]

Grandpa's Lincoln made the big time: It just came out in the April 2017 issue of Hemmings Classic Car. The guys from Hemmings shot it last year when they came out and did the features on Enrico's SD455 and Gramma's Firebird all in one day. The car barely fits within the page! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[RPOLS3]

Congrats, neat story for sure.